ELIXIR FOODS LIMITED

Company number 08578438 ·

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Executive summary

Elixir Foods Limited is a micro-scale food services operator in a critically distressed financial position, carrying net liabilities of £551k and an accumulated P&L deficit approaching £4.9m—far below industry norms where even small operators typically maintain positive net assets. The company's continued existence depends entirely on shareholder loan forbearance of £606k, with no evidence of the trading recovery that characterises successful post-pandemic operators in the sector. While some commercial activity is indicated by growing trade debtors and creditors, the business lacks the scale, capital structure, and working capital resilience to compete effectively in the challenging UK food services landscape.

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Shareholders' funds

-£4,847,219

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2013-06-20
Employees
1 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
52 Huntly Grove, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, PE1 2QN
Postcode
PE1 2QN
Capital
326 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-20
Next due by
2027-07-04
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 56290 Other food services

Officers 2 current · 13 resigned

Appointed 2019-09-27
Appointed 2016-02-01

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
ENSCO 410 LIMITED2013-07-23

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
27-29 LUMLEY AVENUE SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE25 2AT, ENGLAND2020-05-19
ONE ST. PETERS SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 3DE, ENGLAND2020-04-06
ONE ELEVEN EDMUND STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B3 2HJ, ENGLAND2017-10-23
ONE ELEVEN EDMUND STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B2 3HJ2016-09-26

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 172 similar companies in PE, trading since 2013

Competitors Peterborough

This company ranks 126 among other food services in Peterborough.

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The class of 2013

17%

of the 2,380 companies in this sector incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 80% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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